Volvo has delivered 30 new Volvo BZL Electric double-decker buses to Stagecoach East in Cambridge, UK. These vehicles are the first of their kind to be delivered in the UK and will operate across multiple Park and Ride sites in Cambridge.
Volvo BZL Electric double-decker buses. Volvo
With this launch, all Cambridge Park and Ride and Citi 2 services are now fully electrified, while Stagecoach’s Cambridge bus fleet is 31 percent electric.
The vehicles were funded by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), Stagecoach East and the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme.
The Volvo BZL Electric buses feature a Volvo chassis that has been designed to optimise the benefits of the model’s smooth electric propulsion. Meanwhile, the driveline has also been developed entirely by Volvo. It uses a 200kW electric motor coupled to a two-stage automated gearbox, which increases wheel torque at low speeds to reduce energy consumption.
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